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14 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday February 18, 2009 www.oakvillebeaver.com Artscene · WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2009 Sign up now for guitar, bass, drums, and piano OAKVILLE'S MUSIC STORE 324 Kerr St. 905-339-3515 www.gearmusic.net Singing hand in hand LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER FUN-DRAISING: Members of the Oakville Children's Choir put the fun into fundraising at the Jewels and Blue Jeans gala held on Thursday. The event featured a dinner, live entertainment, live and silent auctions and a performance by the senior children's choir.The group's next concert is called My Favourite Things, A Musical Theatre Medley and will feature popular show tunes. It will be held Saturday, Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. at ClearView Christian Reformed Church, 2300 Sheridan Garden Dr. For information, visit www.oakvillechildrenschoir.org. Chamber orchestra to lift spirits with Exuberant By Tina Depko OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The Oakville Chamber Orchestra is hoping to lift people's spirits with a program called Exuberant. The pair of concerts in early March will feature refreshing music ideal for getting people out of the winter blahs and looking forward to the warmth of spring. "The reason it is called exuberant is that there is a lot of energetic music in it and it will be very exciting," said Charles Demuynck, music director and conductor. The program will have a distinctly Canadian flavour, with works by Demuynck and Guelph-based composer Glenn Buhr. This will be the first time the orchestra will perform the Buhr piece, which is entitled Jyotir (Brilliance). "Jyotir is Sanskrit for brilliance, so it is a brilliant work," Demuynck said. "The woodwind players go flying all over the place. There's also an almost rock `n' roll style drum solo in the middle of it. It sounds in some way like Indian music, but it is highly balladic. It is easy to imagine people dancing." Demuynck's Exuberant for Cello and Orchestra is an arrangement of his 2005 com- Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, as well as principal cello of the Erie Philharmonic. position for trumpet and piano. The American-born musician, who cur"This will be the world-premiere of this version," he said. "It is a short, encore type of rently calls Toronto home, has performed piece, but it is extremely energetic and very with orchestras across Europe and North America. Demuynck said exciting. It is contemporary, Oakville music lovers will but it is tonal." want to take this opportuA highlight of the bill is nity to see the talented Haydn's Cello Concerto in C. cellist in action. The piece was written some"He's an outstanding, time during 1761-65, which high level, professional were the early years of player," said Demuynck. Haydn's 30-year appoint"We're delighted to have ment as court composer for him. He's a wonderful Prince Nicolaus of Esterházy. man." It was written for Haydn's The concert will close friend, Joseph Weigl, then with Tchaikovsky's Suite the principal cellist of Prince Nicolaus's Esterházy No. 4 (Mozartiana). The Orchestra. It is a stunning work consists of four work, according to orchestrations of piano Demuynck. pieces by, and in one case Jonathan Tortolano "The last movement in based on, Mozart. particular is exciting and everyone loves this Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere himself piece," he said. "There's scales everywhere and in Moscow in Nov. 1887. It was the only one of he'll be flying all over the cello." his suites he conducted. The featured soloist of the night is "Tchaikovsky liked Mozart a lot and liked Jonathan Tortolano. He is a member of the his music a lot, as do we at the chamber orchestra," Demuynck said. "It is nice to take a different look at Mozart through Tchaikovsky's eyes." The Tchaikovsky suite will also give Toronto-based, guest concertmaster Aleksandar Gajic a chance to show his musical prowess. "There is a massive violin solo near the end," Demuynck said. "We're currently auditioning concertmasters, so we have a different one for each concert. We've had one rehearsal and Aleksandar has already done an absolutely outstanding job on that solo." Oakville Chamber Orchestra presents Exuberant on Saturday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m., Central Baptist Church, 340 Rebecca St. and Sunday, March 8 at 3 p.m., St Simon's Anglican Church, 1450 Litchfield Rd. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, $15 for students and $10 for children under 12. Tickets are available at the door and from Bookers Bookstore, 172 Lakeshore Rd. E., L'Atelier Grigorian, 210 Lakeshore Rd. E., Leslie Music Supply Inc, 198 Speers Rd. and Notes -- The Place For Music, 35 Lakeshore Rd. W. For information, visit www.oakvillechamber.org.